Lay Your Ears Back And Fight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDBB EEFF| WHEN you drink of what the poets rave about as sorrer s cup | A |
| And yer mouth in spite of laughin gits a curve the wrong way up | A |
| Do not whine for help or pity never cringe at fortunes frown | B |
| Lay yer list ners back and fight until you fight yer sorrers down | B |
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| Though the world on empty pockets is at times a little harsh | C |
| And the weights of care are clinging to the ends of your mustarsh | C |
| Never let yer grief boil over it is nothing to the town | B |
| Lay yer list ners back and battle till you fight yer sorres down | B |
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| When the law of gravitation lays a hand upon yer heart | D |
| An the slings an arrers fetch yer and you feel em pretty smart | D |
| When you cannot find a billet and you haven t half a crown | B |
| Lay yer list ners hack and fight until you fight yer sorrers down | B |
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| When the gilt upon the future wears in places very thin | E |
| Look as if there s nothink crooked try an summon up a grin | E |
| There s a mask that you must always wear the other way about | F |
| Lay yer list ners back and battle till you knock yer sorrers out | F |
Henry Lawson
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